Jan Sanders van Hemessen

Allegorical Scene, possibly the Personification of Poetry with a Poet

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Jan Sanders van Hemessen
Allegorical Scene, possibly the Personification of Poetry with a Poet

1550 Not on view

Acquired with the support of the Rembrandt Association and the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation, 1984
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Details

General information
Artist Jan Sanders van Hemessen (Hemiksem c. 1500 - 1556/1557 Antwerp)
Title Allegorical Scene, possibly the Personification of Poetry with a Poet
Dated 1550
Object name painting
Inventory number 1067
Material and technical details
Technique oil
Material panel
Dimensions 159 x 189 cm

Provenance

Alan G. Fenwick, London, 1950 (as by Giorgione); Arcade Gallery, London, 1950; T.A. Heinrich, Toronto, Ontario, 1950-1951; J. Hoogsteder Gallery, The Hague, 1982; purchased with the support of the Rembrandt Association and the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation, 1984; on long-term loan to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. SK-C-1657), since 1999